Yeah, I’ve always said that Fringe actually fakes you out thinking it is an X-Files-like while leaving hints at the upcoming craziness which then happens around the end of S1 and then goes off the rails crazy cool. I am sure it isn’t for everyone, but it is quite literally my favorite show.

Person of Interest is excellent.

Fringe

If they don’t release this with a phone that has a headphone jack, they are dumber than a box of rocks. Motorola hardware is flat out not great, but the fact that their G line has a headphone jack and is one of main draws and the only reason I’ve bought them for my kids. If they do release a GrapheneOS compatible phone with a headphone jack, I’ll likely end up buying a few of them for the family and it will be my go to recommendation to others.

surface pro 7 Oof, some of those surface devices have been especially painful to get working (or impossible in some rare cases). I did just see this which is an active project and may end up being helpful if you try again https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface

Absolutely, but this whole Windows 365 thing puts their place in the ecosystem in complete jeopardy. Why would MS need them anymore, they have Azure, the OS, and the AI bullshit. I truly do hope one of the more desperate OEMs takes a chance and tries, though I know it is unlikely.

This used to be exciting stuff about ten years ago when some of us still thought Google was doing cool things.

My work PC is also my gaming PC as well, but I’ve been on Linux full time for about 6 years. You do have some of the clear sticking points that won’t work well. Photoshop is probably the only Adobe app that does work well, because there has been such interest for a long time, but the newest versions specifically fight you. I suspect that newer versions (which professionals are usually using) have been intentionally hobbled by Adobe to prevent their use. Genshin Impact is one of the few cases where there is absolutely no work around right now and I honestly have no idea why.

If your steam catalog is anything like mine (read: huge and been around a long time), I wouldn’t focus so much on the percentages from SteamDB. We both know that we’re not going back and playing most of those games from 15+ years that came in bundles :) I went through my games a while back and found that only about 5% of my catalog I would actually consider playing or re-playing wouldn’t work. It does directly come into play when looking at new games to purchase, but the vast majority these days launch as playable or get there shortly after.

Hopefully one day you can escape.

I must say, I am very curious about your system now. Feel free to send me a message if you want some help.

I hope one OEM finally buckles and starts selling laptops preconfigured to install and run older versions of Office and such in Wine.

Well, it used to be broken on ALL browsers in Linux, so let’s just go with less broken, which is a high mark for most MS software. MS and following standards are like oil and water.

I had nothing BUT problems with it, but I haven’t tried it in about six months as I started using Teams it in a chromium based browser. I only need to use Teams when working with strictly MS focused companies (i.e. not ours), so it isn’t a daily hassle anyway.

The Linux client never worked in my experience anyway. In no coincidence, their Teams in browser never seemed to work in Linux either until a little after they killed the native app. I wonder if there were enough important clients that needed support for it and they caved and made it work.

Teams in browser is the only way that I use it either, and it isn’t “broken” like it used to be, but you need to use a Chromium based browser. This is typical Microsoft bullshit with only truly supporting “their” browser, luckily they don’t actually make an actual browser anymore so you can use any of the better Chromium browsers.

I love that you used a gif from Our Robocop Remake instead of the actual movie.

I am with you on not using a laptop, but as I said, the majority of people do so. My experience is quite different. In the last 20 years I tend to have several power outages a year, and I have lived in multiple cities/states. My home is filled with excessive battery backups because of this and are fine unless the outages exceed a few hours, which annoyingly the outages in my new home/area tend to do (the longest was nearly two days :( ).

And yet, most consumers use laptops with build in batteries. A power outage doesn’t stop them dead most of the time. It will for Windows 365 users. You’re doing an awful lot of sugar coating for someone that claims to be against this product.

While I agree with the general idea, your example prices are no longer valid since storage costs are now through the roof. The best defense of kids using DVDs is that you can borrow them from the library for free.

I seriously need a GrapheneMobile

Yeah, I’m doing ok now. It’s a total cliche, but It did “build character” I suppose. It’s still a little weird to me to see people that have deep relationships with their family as adults, but it is what it is.